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Offering the Clinton administration's most detailed explanation to date of the crisis with Iraq, National Security Advisor Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger declared Friday that Saddam Hussein's chemical and biological weapon capabilities constitute a direct security threat to the American people. Berger, President Clinton's most senior foreign policy advisor, also said that if Hussein attempted to rebuild his weapons-making capabilities in the wake of a U.S.

Offering the Clinton administration's most detailed explanation to date of the crisis with Iraq, National Security Advisor Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger declared Friday that Saddam Hussein's chemical and biological weapon capabilities constitute a direct security threat to the American people. Berger, President Clinton's most senior foreign policy advisor, also said that if Hussein attempted to rebuild his weapons-making capabilities in the wake of a U.S.

French Foreign Minister Herve de Charette on Wednesday offered Americans a new perspective on the Bosnian peace process, describing the United States as a latecomer that finally caught up with the ideas of France and other European nations. Discussing the current U.S. peace initiative, the foreign minister told reporters at a breakfast meeting: "We are very grateful for their action after so many months of inaction and after slowing down the peace process."

French Foreign Minister Herve de Charette on Wednesday offered Americans a new perspective on the Bosnian peace process, describing the United States as a latecomer that finally caught up with the ideas of France and other European nations. Discussing the current U.S. peace initiative, the foreign minister told reporters at a breakfast meeting: "We are very grateful for their action after so many months of inaction and after slowing down the peace process."

Military Front: Administration officials said they saw little hope for peace as the deadline for U.N-sanctioned force approached. "It's no longer a question of whether, but when," a senior White House official said. Officials said there is great uncertainty even in the upper echelons of government. "Everybody's looking for signs," said one official. "The prevailing opinion seems to be that things are imminent, but there's a counteropinion that it may drift a few days."